Apparatus for striping surfaces.



W. H. & S. S. ADAMS.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPING SURFACES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1911.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

W. H. & S. S. ADAMS.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPING snamcns.

APPLIOA'IION FILED JUNE 21, 1911.

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STATES" [PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ADAMS AND SUSAN S. ADAMS, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR STRIPING SURFACES.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. ADAMS andSUSAN S. ADAMS, citizens of the United States, and residents ofLawrence, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invent- 1stripes on flexible material by drawing said material over outlet portsleading from a ed an Improvement in Apparatus for Striping Surfaces, ofwhich the following description, in connection with the accompanyacterson the drawings representing like parts,

Th1s invention relates to apparatus for striping surfaces of fabrics,metals, paper,

1 of this nature in that it comprises a chamber or chambers forcontaining the striping material and discharge ports through which I thestriping material is delivered and over 2 which the material to bestriped is drawn. ;In Fig. 1, for instance, 1 designates gen .erally amember containing a chamber or chambers to receive striping material andwood, glass and other materials, and especially to devices of this classwhich comprise a chamber or chambers containing the striping materialand which are provided with outlet passages through which the stripingmaterial is delivered and over which the material to be striped is drawnso that the striping material will be applied thereto. In all devices ofthis class as heretofore constructed the outlets or discharge ports areformed in integral portions of the chamber containing the stripingmaterial, and in some devices the chamber containing 7 the stripingmaterial has been made in sectional parts so as to ermit of the sectionsbeing assembled in diflerent order to produce varying patterns. In noneof the prior devices, however, is there any way of varying the patternexcept by emptying the striping .material out from the chamber andpractically taking the device to pieces.

One of the ob ects of our invention is to provide an apparatus of thischaraacter in which the pattern can be changed without discharging thestriping material from the device, and other objects of the inventionare to, provide an improved device having such a construction that thecleaning and repair thereof is greatly facilitated, and to-otherwiseimprove ap aratus of this nature, all as will be more ully hereinafterdescribed and then pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing wherein we have shown some embodiments of ourinvention which illustrate the principle thereof, Figure 1 is an endview of the striping device showing the manner in which a flexiblesheet, such as fabric, paper, rubber, or leather is drawn over theapparatus to produce the striping thereof; 2 is a fragmentaryperspective view of t e chamber containlng the striping material and thepattern member separated from each other; Figs. 3, 4

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 21, 1911.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Serial No. 634,549.

and 5 are sectional perspective views of different embodiments of ourinvention; Figs. 6, 7 8 and 9 are sectional views showing still otherembodiments of the invention.

It has heretofore been proposed to form chamber containing stripingmaterial so that the striping material Wlll flow through said See, forinstance, Patents No. 558,542 and Our apparatus is similar to otherdevices which is provided with discharge ports through whichthe'striping material is de- 1 livered and over which the sheet material2 to be striped is drawn by some suitable mechanism which it is notnecessary to show herein. This sheet material is shown as passing 5around the direction rolls 8 which properly guide it in its passage. Thedischarge ports are shown as formed on the top of the member 1 and theliquid striping material is delivered to said member from elevated supply tanks 4 and 5 by means of pipes 6 and 7 so that the pressure of theliquid material will be forced up against the underside of the sheetmaterial 2 as it is drawn over the discharge ports. The member 1 may beformed with one or more compartments to receive striping material. Inthe embodi: ments shown in Figs. 1 and 2 said member is provided withtwo compartments or chambers 8 and 9. This member is of a length equalto-the width ofthe sheet material 2 to be striped and may be supportedin a frame of any suitable construction which we have not herein shown.lVhere the member 1 is formed with two compartments as shown, it mayconveniently be made in two sections 10 and 11, each of which has one ofthe compartments formed therein or both compartments might be formed inthe same member.

One feature of our invention relates to the manner of changing thepattern without the necessity of discharging the striping material fromthe chamber or chambers in the member 1 and we accomplish this by makingthe discharge ports through which the striping material is delivered ina pattern member which is separate from the. member 1 that contains thechambers for holding the striping material so that the pattern membercan be readily removed and another pattern member substituted withoutinterfering at all with the other parts of the apparatus.

In the embodiment shown in F lgs. 1 and 2 the pattern member isdesignated by 12, and it is formed with a plurality of discharge ports13 and 14, some of which communicate with the chamber 8 and others ofwhich communicate with the chamber 9, it being noted that both chambers8 and 9 are open at the top. The two sections 10 and 11 of the member 1are forme'd with the upwardly-extending side wings 15 and 16 betweenwhich the pattern member 12 is received and said pattern member rests onthe" flanges 17 and 18 formed on the outer walls of the two sections 10and 11 andon the upper edge of the inner walls 19 and 20. Said patternmember may be held in place in any suitable way and will preferably beprovided with the rounded upper surface over which the material 2 can bereadily drawn. The two chambers 8 and 9 may be filled with stripingmaterial of difierent colors, and if the alternate discharge portscommunicate with one chamber 8 and the other ports communicate with thechamber 9 then the stripes produced on the material will alternate incolor. Any arrangement of discharge ports may be used, however,according to the pattern desired and these ports may be spaced anydesired distance apart.

The pattern member 12 can be readily removed and b taking out onepattern memher and substituting another with a different arrangement ofports the pattern produced will be correspondingly c anged. It will thusbe seen that the change of pattern involves merely the substitution ofone pattern member for another.

In Fig. 3 we have shown a construction wherein the member 1 contains asingle open-topped chamber 8 for the striping material. In this case thepattern member 12 has a single row of discharge ports l3 which can bespaced according to the pattern to be produced. The pattern member 12rests on and closes the open top of the chamber 8 and is secured inplace in any suitable position.

In Fig. 4 we have shown a member 1 having two chambers 8 and 9 both ofwhich are in the integral member 1 The pattern member 12 is providedwith the discharge ports 13 and 14 .which. communicate with thecompartments 8 and 9", respectively.

In Fig. 5 we have shown a member 1 having formed therein threecompartments 8,

is in the form of a tube. In Fig. 6 this tubular member is shown at 1and it contains a single compartment 8 for striping material.-

The tube is slotted at its upper end, as at 42, and the pattern member12 is detachably a t e discharge ports 13 which communicate with theslot 42 and which are properly spaced to produce the desired pattern.

In Fig. 7 we have shown a tubular memher 1* adapted to contain thestriping material, and this member is provided with the diametricalpartition 43 to form the two compartments 8 and 9 adapted to receivestriping material of two different-kinds. The pattern member 12 isdetachably applied to the tube and is' provided with the discharge ports13 and 14 leading to the two compartments 8 and 9 respectively. In Fig.8 we have shown another embodi- 1pplied to the tube and will beprovided'with ment of the invention where the tubular member 1 isdivided by partitions 44 into three compartments 8*, 9, and 45, and thepattern member 12 is formed with three sets of discharge ports 13, 14and 46 leading to the three. compartments respectively. These discharge-ports may have any arrangement desired according to the patternproduced.

In Fig. 9.we have shown still another embodiment of our invention wherethe member 1 is made up of the two side pieces 47 and 48 which areclampedtogether by suitable clamping bolts 49. Each side piece isformed. with the supporting lip 50 on its inner side and the patternmember 12 is sustained by these lips 50 and is firmly clamped betweenthe sides 48 and 49 b the clamping bolts. A partition 51 is use theupper end of which. sets into a groove formed in the underside of thepattern member 12 and the lower edge of which is clamped between theinturned flanges 52 formed on the side pieces. This'construction formstwo compartments 8 and 9 adapted to contain two colors of stripingmaterial, and the pattern member 12 will be provided with the ports 13and 14 leading to the two compartments.

In the drawings we have shown only a few of the very many constructionsin which the invention might be embodied. In every instance, however,the pattern member containing the discharge ports is separate from themember containing the striping material so that the pattern can bechanged simply by removing the pattern member and substituting anotherone for it. Furthermore, the machine herein shown-can be very easilycleaned because when the pattern member is removed access may be had toall of the compartments.

If in using the device it is desired to change from a three-coloredpattern to a two-colored or single colored-pattern, it will not benecessary to change the member containing the striping material, for apattern member can be used in connection with the devices shown in Figs.5 and. 8, for instance, in which all of the discharge ports lead to thesame compartment. The pattern member may be made in one integralstructure or it may be made up of various sections suit-ably connectedtogether.

While we have shown some embodiments of the invention which aresufficient to illusing material, of a plurality of pattern membersseparable from said first named member I and over which the materialbeing striped is adapted to be drawn, each of said pattern membersprovided with discharge ports through which the striping material isdischarged and adapted to be detachably secured to said first mentionedmember, said pattern members being of such shape that the material beingstriped entirely covers the discharge ports therein.

2. In an apparatus for producing stripes, the combination with achambered member adapted to hold striping material and having an opentop portion, of a plurality of pattern members separate from thechambered member over which the material being striped is adapted to bedrawn, each of said pattern members adapted to be detachably secured tosaid chambered member and having a plurality of discharge apertureswhich communicate with said open top portion, said pattern members beingof such shape that the material being striped en tirely covers thedischarge ports therein.

3. In an apparatus for producing stripes, the combination with acontainer for striping material provided with a plurality of separatechambers each adapted to contain striping material, of a plurality ofpattern members separate from the container over which the materialbeing striped is adapted to be drawn, each of said pattern membersadapted to be detachably secured to sa d container and having aplurality of discharge apertures leading to the various chambers, saidpattern members being of such shape that the material being stripedentirely covers the discharge ports therein.

4. In an apparatus for striping flexible material, the combination witha container for striping material provided with a plurality of separatechambers each adapted to contain striping material, of a pattern memberseparate from and detachably secured'to said container and over whichthe flexible material is adapted to be drawn said pattern member havinga plurality oi discharge ports leading to the various chambers, saidpattern members being of such shape that the material being stripedentirely covers the discharge ports therein.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ADAMS. SUSAN S. ADAMS. Witnesses:

STEPHEN F. L. PIANO, NELLIE W. PAINE.

